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    Artist

  • Abramson, Abraham, 1754-1811, artist

    • Title

  • Portrait of Mayor J.K. Heyn

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : silver and copper ; 1.97" diameter., 5 cm diameter

  • Date

    1793

  • Summary

    Recto: Portrait of Heyn in profile facing right; bust view of him wearing a jacket and a wig with his hair tied back. Around the edge of the medal is the text, "I.C. HEYN KON. LANDRATH U. ERSTER BUERGERMEISTER" Artist's name inscribed at bottom. Verso: At the bottom is a small illustration of a wreath intertwined with a trident and staff. Text covers the majority of the medal, "FUER FUENFZIG JAHRE SCHUTZ UND FUER GERECHTIGKEIT HAT GREIFSWALDS HANDELS STAND DIES DENKMAL IHM GEWEIHT. D. IV. MART. MDCCXCIII"

  • Subject

    Jewish medalists; Jewish minters

  • Place

    Greifswald (Germany)

  • Genre

    Commemorative medals

  • Medium

    Medals; Portraits; Numismatics

  • Part Of

    Jacob Abraham and Abraham Abramson Collection, AR 11970

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Biographical/Historical Information

Abraham Abramson (1754-1811) was the son of Jacob Abraham, a medallist and minter. Abramson was an apprentice to his father beginning at the age of seventeen. He was appointed a royal medallist in 1781, and in 1792, became a member of the Preussische Akademie der Kuenste, Berlin.

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Abramson, Abraham: Portrait of Mayor J.K. Heyn, Leo Baeck Institute, 2024.121.